OCI Cloud Engineer | Federal Security & Hybrid Ops

LIGHTFEATHER IO LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

LightFeather is seeking an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to support the U.S. Department of State in modernizing and maintaining secure, scalable OCI environments. You will design, implement, and optimize OCI compute, networking, storage, and databases while aligning with federal security requirements.

This is a full-time, hybrid position (4 days onsite in Washington, DC and 1 day remote). A Active Secret clearance with eligibility for Top Secret is required, along with Terraform/Ansible

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance with eligibility to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience as a Cloud Engineer, including Oracle Cloud Infrastructure experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage OCI services including compute, networking, storage, and database solutions.
• Configure and maintain VCNs, subnets, gateways, and load balancers for mission-critical apps.
• Implement cloud security best practices aligned with NIST, FISMA, and FedRAMP.
• Develop and maintain IaC scripts using Terraform and Ansible.
• Monitor performance, optimize costs, and ensure high availability across OCI environments.
• Troubleshoot OCI-related issues and provide escalation support as needed.
• Collaborate with security, development, and operations teams on migrations and modernization.
• Maintain detailed documentation of architectures, configurations, and processes.

Skills

OCI compute

OCI networking

Terraform

Ansible

OCI storage

OCI database

Security compliance

NIST/FISMA/FedRAMP

Cloud cost optimization

Docker

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

LightFeather is seeking an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to support the U.S. Department of State in modernizing and maintaining secure, scalable OCI environments. You will design, implement, and optimize OCI compute, networking, storage, and databases while aligning with federal security requirements.

This is a full-time, hybrid position (4 days onsite in Washington, DC and 1 day remote). A Active Secret clearance with eligibility for Top Secret is required, along with Terraform/Ansible